New England In-House

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rhode Island is seeking comment on proposed amendments to local rules and forms relating to implementation of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which takes effect Feb. 19. Copies of the proposed amendments are available ...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Jan. 13 announced a final rule to update the regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the FLSA, an employee may have, in addition to his or her employer, one ...

The U.S. Department of Labor Jan. 7 announced three new opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The newly issued opinion letters are: FLSA2020-1, addressing calculating overtime pay ...

Welcome to the 2019-2020 Directory of New England In-House Counsel. We are proud to provide you with the most comprehensive catalog of its kind, and we hope you find it to be a valuable reference tool. Lawyers Weekly and New England ...

Consistent with both the “place of contracting” and “interest-weighing” approaches to choice-of-law questions, a federal magistrate judge in Rhode Island has recommended to the District Court that Massachusetts law should apply to a Rhode Island plaintiff’s common law claims against ...

Click here to read this special section, “Cannabis and the Municipal Challenge: The Secrets to Successful Permitting,” sponsored by Smith, Costello & Crawford. The participants in the roundtable discussion were: James E. Smith, moderator and founding partner at Smith Costello; Sira ...

A financial advisor who claimed she was subjected to gender discrimination and retaliation by UBS Financial Services and its market manager in Boston, James E. Ducey, has been awarded $1,633,019 following arbitration. Christine Carona was awarded damages, attorneys’ fees, and ...

Click here to read this special Q&A with David A. Ephraim, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Boston office.

A crowd of 450 showed up for the annual Leaders in the Law event sponsored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House. The cocktail reception and dinner event, held on March 6 at the Renaissance Waterfront in Boston, honored ...

Click here to read this special section entitled, “Mergers & Acquisitions: A Roundtable Discussion,” sponsored by Floyd Advisory. The discussion was attended by the following professionals: Michael W. Phillips, moderator and managing partner at Floyd Advisory; Taylor J. Hart, partner ...